n. an approximate definition or example; "she wore a sort of magenta dress"; "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing"

n. a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"

n. a person of a particular character or nature; "what sort of person is he?"; "he's a good sort"

n. an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting"

v. arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

v. arrange data in a specified order